Go to The Island

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2005)

Good Movie. i watched this on a Saturday night and i really liked it to some extent. The story was like a big mixture and reference to other Sci-Fi movies, like Minority Report, THX - 1138, The 6th Day, Total Recall, and more Sci-fi movies.
The plot is about Lincoln Six-Echo who lives in this facility, which is made for survivors from a contamination on earth. Lincoln and the other survivors are always given a chance to go on a lottery spin to the Island, which is supposed to be the last remaining piece of beautiful land. But instead of him winning it, his dream girl Jordan two-delta gets a chance to win it. then when the plot goes more deeper as to what is really going on on the island, Lincoln tries to go on a chase, escaping with Jordan to find out what is really going on.
The Acting was good. I give full marks for Ewan Mcgregor after Star Wars Episode III. Scarlet Johansonn looked good in some scenes but was not going to a full acting job. Sean Bean and Djimon Honsou were good within the scenes, but were forgotten by the end of the movie. The only actor to stay true was Steve Buscemi with his Humouristic reach and dialogues. The plot was really going well in the first half but after all the action sequences and chases, the second half diminishes down to the ground. The Ending too was a little bit predictable.
Technically, Michael Bay knows how to set the action right. He uses everything to the full as he did in Bad Boys II and The Rock. The Highway chase looked really cool and didn't bore me down. his use of Cinematography in that scene was like actually wrecking the camera and just happy he got it on film. The Visual effects and Sound was good too, you wouldn't notice them much. The other thing that also took me was the Art-Direction and use of big spaces.
So is this film worth your Saturday night? Well it depends on how you see it. you could either exit saying that Michael Bay has tried something different here and worked or you can say he just stopped having fun in this film and tried to have another sense of direction.
Well the Island is all that and good action. I give it a 7 out of 10. Visit the Island if you have nothing else to do.